calamitosus

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Latin

Etymology

From calamitās +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

calamitōsus (feminine calamitōsa, neuter calamitōsum, comparative calamitōsior, superlative calamitōsissimus); first/second-declension adjective

  1. calamitous, disastrous, ruinous, destructive

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Descendants

References

  • calamitosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • calamitosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • calamitosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.